Amanda Knox was convicted in the massacre in the UK

A court in Italy on Thursday ( 30/1 ) , confirmed the guilty verdict against an American citizen Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito of Italy , the appeals court homicides British student Meredith Kercher in 2007 .They were each sentenced to 28 years and six months and 25 years in prison .The appeals court in Florence takes almost 12 hours to arrive at the decision - which was read in the presence of 500 journalists .Anxiety and tension clearly imagine , for the case of " Meredith " - thus the case was known in Italy - draw the attention of the media as never before from all over the world .Knox and Sollecito acquitted of murder in the first appellate court in 2011 . But they have to face court after Italian Supreme Court overturned the verdict in 2013 .Raffaele Sollecito , who was 29 years old , was present in the court throughout Thursday , with his father , but left the courthouse before the verdict was read , according to the Xinhua report on Friday morning ." " This is not a final decision for us , and we certainly will appeal , " said attorney Sollecito , Giulia Bongiorno .The news was received Amanda Knox in her hometown , Seattle , through her ​​lawyer Luciano Ghirga .